Doubled for Thursday, November 21, 2024
One picture, one hidden three-word chain. The first two words make a familiar phrase, the last two make another, and the middle word belongs to both. New to the game? Read how to play first.
Hints
Open them one at a time. Each one gives away a little more than the last.
Hint 1
The answer is 3 words long, with 8, 5 and 6 letters.
Hint 2
The shared word - the one that belongs to both phrases - has 5 letters and starts with T.
Hint 3
The first phrase is 2 words, the second is 2, and they overlap on one of them.
Hint 4
Knights jousting while you eat with your hands, then Manhattan's neon crossroads.
The answer
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Reveal the answer
Medieval Square
Medieval times and Times square, joined on Times.
Medieval times
Medieval Times is the dinner-theatre chain at which guests eat with their hands while knights joust in an arena.
Times square
Times Square is the neon-lit crossroads in the middle of Manhattan, where the ball drops on New Year's Eve.
How players did
Across 984 plays, 52% got the whole answer in one guess, 10% solved it without a miss, 14% got there after at least one wrong guess, 15% used a hint or finished on their last chance, and 9% did not get it.
This puzzle ran on November 21, 2024 and November 21, 2025.